Roddick cruises to win

Top-seeded Andy Roddick beat Fabrice Santoro 6-4, 7-6 (5) Saturday and will meet French teenager Gael Monfils in the final of the Lyon Grand Prix in France.

Monfils beat countryman Sebastien Grosjean 6-4, 7-5 in the other semifinal. Roddick will aim for his 20th career ATP title today. The former U.S. Open champion and two-time Wimbledon finalist is 55-13 this season.

MORE TENNIS: Top-seeded Kim Clijsters overpowered No. 4 Dinara Safina to advance to the finals of the Gaz de France Stars in Hasselt, Belgium. She will face Francesca Schiavone. Clijsters, the second-ranked player in the world, defeated Russian Safina 6-0, 6-1 in their semifinal match. Schiavone of Italy beat 16-year-old Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. . . . Fourth-seeded Patty Schnyder secured a spot in the elite WTAMasters field with a victory over Ana Ivanovic of Serbia-Montenegro 7-5, 6-2 that put her in the finals of the Generali Ladies in Linz, Austria. She will face No. 3 Nadia Petrova, who defeated Czech Kveta Peschke 6-3, 6-4. . . . Venus Williams has withdrawn from next week's Advanta Championships because of a knee injury. Earlier this month, Serena Williams pulled out of the Advanta Championships with left ankle and knee problems. The Advanta Championships starts Monday at Villanova University in suburban Philadelphia.

SOCCER

Streak continues

Chelsea beat Blackburn 4-2 in the Premier League to extend its unbeaten streak to 40 matches, while Arsenal rallied to tie 1-1 with north London rival Tottenham.

Chelsea let a 2-0 lead become 2-2 by halftime at Stamford Bridge. But Frank Lampard's second goal of the match -- a free kick in the 62nd minute -- restored Chelsea's lead and Joe Cole extended it in the 74th.

MORE SOCCER: Joe Cannon had 14 saves and made a diving stop of Roberto Mina's shot in the fifth round of the penalty-kick shootout to help short-handed Colorado beat FC Dallas and advance to the Western Conference finals. The Rapids won the first shootout in MLS playoff history 5-4 after the teams played to a 1-1 tie in regulation and then traded goals in the first of two 15-minute overtimes. . . . Jose Cancela, Patrick Noonan and Khano Smith scored in the second half, leading New England to a 3-1 victory over the MetroStars as the Revolution advanced to the Eastern Conference Championship. New England needed to win by at least two goals to advance on aggregate scoring after losing to the MetroStars 1-0 last week. New England will face the winner of today's game between D.C. United and the Chicago Fire in the other conference semifinals series.

Skating

Czisny takes gold

The new American figure skating sensation, Alissa Czisny, won her first gold medal at the senior level by winning Skate Canada in St. John's, Newfoundland. Top-seeded Carolina Kostner of Italy, the 2005 world bronze medalist, was the flop of the event in winding up seventh.

GOLF

Martin fails to qualify

Casey Martin failed to advance out of the first stage of PGA Tour qualifying, and the golfer who sued the PGA Tour for the right to ride a cart believes it's time to find another job.

"I've pretty much made it clear that this would be my last Q-school," Martin said on Golf Digest's Web site. "I'm not saying I'll never compete again. But I don't anticipate it being my main thing."

The 33-year-old Martin has a circulatory disease in his right leg that makes it difficult to walk. He successfully sued the tour in 1998 to use a cart, a decision eventually upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. Martin made it to the PGA Tour in 2000, but earned only $143,248 and failed to keep his card.

Boxing

Fields stops Seldon

Tye Fields stopped former WBA heavyweight champion Bruce Seldon in the second round late Friday night at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

The 6-foot-9 Fields knocked down the 6-11/2 Seldon early in the second with a left to the head. Fields followed with a left to the body that dropped Seldon at 1:14.Fields, 30, is 35-1 with 32 knockouts. The 38-year-old Seldon fell to 35-6.

Seldon was the WBA heavyweight champion during 1995 and 1996 when he was beaten by Mike Tyson.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"No, I wouldn't want to be a California governor. Not California or Florida. There's a lot of stuff that happens there every day -- earthquakes, fires, immigration."